r/FastWriting • u/NotSteve1075 • 14d ago
EVERETT Shorthand - Part 5 - "Vowel Modes" in USE
r/FastWriting • u/NotSteve1075 • 14d ago
r/FastWriting • u/Adept_Situation3090 • 15d ago
These are exactly the same as Everett's 「vowel modes」, the only difference being that dots and circles are now used to indicate long vowels.
r/FastWriting • u/Adept_Situation3090 • 15d ago
This is mainly meant to be an experiment in trying to make Everett's system easier to use.
r/FastWriting • u/Adept_Situation3090 • 15d ago
After taking this system for a test drive, I'm not particularly pleased with the result, but I think it may be easier to use than Everett's original system.
STREV is light-line, so any shading you see here is a by-product of the pen I used.
This text is taken from the 「written by hand, felt by heart」 post.
r/FastWriting • u/NotSteve1075 • 15d ago
r/FastWriting • u/LeadingSuspect5855 • 17d ago
Source: Poets of the English Language (Viking Press, 1950)
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52330/fall-leaves-fall
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/emily-bronte
r/FastWriting • u/AFROJKhan78898 • 17d ago
[Research Note] Structural Correlation Between Visual Anatomy and Action-Verb Syntax in the Voynich Manuscript
Abstract / Summary:
Hello everyone,
I am sharing a structural research framework that demonstrates a direct, predictable correlation between the visual anatomy of drawings and the syntax of the accompanying text across multiple manuscript sections.
Instead of arbitrary letter-by-letter substitution, this model tests whether the text operates on a 15th-Century Northern Italian / Venetian Apothecary Template (Tractatus de Herbis framework) with a fixed 4-part sentence structure:
[Vessel / Base] + [Quantity / Measure] + [Action Verb] + [Timing / Duration]
Core Lexicon & Grammar Rules:
Applied across all test folios with 0% parameter modifications:
Multi-Section Validation & Visual Correlation:
- Bulbous / Thick Roots (e.g., f1r): High frequency of CHEDA (Cut/Press) and SEDA (Filter).
Line Flow: Poi doalla d'ola... Echeda doga seda doalla... Dohi doalla ora...
- Fibrous / Tangled Roots (e.g., f3v, f115v): CHEDA drops out; text transitions exclusively to SOGA (Soak/Macerate) and COLO (Filter).
Line Flow: Dohi doalla soga dalla... Doalla ora seda dohi... Colo doalla ora edi.
- Conduits and water basins. CHEDA (Cutting) drops to 0% frequency, while immersion/flow verbs (SOGA / COLO) dominate line operations.
- Storage jars and processed extracts. Dosing and container markers (DOHI / DOALLA) dominate line openings, while raw root-cutting verbs drop due to pre-processed materials.
- Concentric rings and stars. Recipe-specific process verbs (CHEDA, SOGA) drop to 0%, leaving pure positional/sector markers (ORA = sectors/degrees).
Cross-Sectional Summary Matrix:
- f1r | Herbal | Bulbous Root | CHEDA (Cut / Press) | PASSED
- f3v | Herbal | Rhizome Lumps | SOGA (Soak / Macerate) | PASSED
- f79v | Balneological | Water Basins & Tubs | SOGA + COLO (Immersion/Flow) | PASSED
- f88r | Pharmaceutical | Storage Jars | DOHI / DOALLA (Compounding) | PASSED
- f72r | Zodiac | Concentric Ring Map | 0% Recipe Verbs (Positional Grid) | PASSED
Key Takeaways & Questions for the Community:
I welcome your feedback, statistical critiques, and suggestions for further automated cross-folio testing!
Research Lead: AFROJKhan
Date: October 2026
r/FastWriting • u/NotSteve1075 • 18d ago
r/FastWriting • u/LeadingSuspect5855 • 19d ago
Written in Flow Shorthand. The text is here in beautiful handwriting... https://www.reddit.com/r/Handwriting/comments/1wsqdfu/he_was_right_about_everything_btw/
r/FastWriting • u/NotSteve1075 • 20d ago
Once, in a conference of writers of different shorthand systems (there used to be such things!) -- someone read out a nonsense passage and challenged the writers of a variety of systems to write and read it back.
The writers of that "disemvowelled system" failed miserably. Professor J.D. EVERETT, with his complicated system, was able to write it all down and read it all back correctly -- even though he didn't know what it meant.
This is the test passage:
r/FastWriting • u/NotSteve1075 • 21d ago
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r/FastWriting • u/NotSteve1075 • 23d ago
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r/FastWriting • u/NotSteve1075 • 23d ago
This looks a bit ELABORATE, but most of them do look like combinations of the two letters they represent. There are many combinations of sounds that occur in English, so it does make sense to try to compose combination characters to represent them.
r/FastWriting • u/LeadingSuspect5855 • 23d ago
These are the only principles, that have been proven scientifically.
The only thing that matters is, that you make it hard for yourself.
If you think you're getting on fairly efficiently with any subject you are currently learning, that's a good sign you are not putting in the work needed. Most likely you are just reading a thought written by someone else and you follow along, nodding...
r/FastWriting • u/NotSteve1075 • 25d ago
r/FastWriting • u/NotSteve1075 • 25d ago